Gorefiend (Hellfire Citadel) Strategy Guide

Gorefiend (Hellfire Citadel) Strategy GuideGorefiend 고어핀드 is the final boss of the Halls of Blood wing of 지옥불 성채 LFR in 6.2 Warlords of Draenor, and can be accessed on Normal or higher difficulty after players have defeated Kilrogg Deadeye and Kormrok. Gorefiend can be found in the Maw of Souls, at the west end of the Hellfire Antechamber.

Defeating Gorefiend will open a portal to the Nexus of Souls, granting players access to the second floor of Hellfire Citadel.

This 지옥불 성채 raid strategy guide provides an overview of killing 고어핀드 for raid leaders as well as specific tips for tanks, healers, and dps. It also includes information on harmful trash, and screenshots of harmful abilities.

This guide provides information on the boss on all difficulties--LFR, Normal, Heroic, and Mythic.

This boss is accessible on July 14th on LFR difficulty, as part of the Halls of Blood wing.

If you are looking for general advice on how to play your character better, check out our Class Guides. Looking to log a fight and improve your performance? Go to Warcraft Logs for logs, advanced fight analysis, replays, and more!

We also have a series of Quick Tips guides for Melee DPS, Ranged DPS, Healers and Tanks! These guides don't give you an in-depth discussion of every strategy and every ability, they just give you what you need to know to get through the encounter largely unscathed.

영혼샘 allows players to kill Normal Gorefiend 4 times for 영혼 파편 and unlock 영혼 전도체--a teleport to the upper level bosses in Hellfire Citadel. There are also Heroic and Mythic versions of the quest available.

Bloodletters also cast 어둠의 쇄도, dealing heavy Shadow damage to the entire raid if not interrupted

Stand under the blue arrow to stop Soul Fissure damageOnce this pack is dead, players should take the winding, crumbling staircase down to the Maw of Souls. It is not necessary to pull or kill all the Gorebound Bloodletters along the balcony to the right, overlooking the Maw of Souls.

A mini-boss, the 피에 굶주린 대모, occupies the platform at the base of the stairs, and is accompanied by two Gorebound Brutes.

The Gorebound Crone will frequently cast 어둠의 화살 at random players; this can be interrupted

She will also summon 영혼 균열s, which deal heavy Shadow damage to the raid

If a player stands inside a 영혼 균열, the damage that Fissure deals to the entire raid will be reduced by 90%

Gorefiend Encounter Mechanics

The Gorefiend fight has a repeating, two-phase structure. Phase 1 lasts until Gorefiend has depleted his energy by attacking the raid with a variety of spells and summoned adds. The raid's focus should be on adds management and survival, dealing ultimately very little damage to Gorefiend himself.

Phase 1: Shadow of Death

Inside Gorefiend's stomach (click to enlarge)The most important mechanic of Phase 1 is the 죽음의 그림자/adds interaction. Periodically, Gorefiend will choose a few players and debuff them with 죽음의 그림자. After five seconds, those players will be "killed", and their bodies will be transported into Gorefiend's stomach.

While inside Gorefiend's stomach, players will have a role-specific job to perform

Inside the stomach, players must also avoid the 폭발하는 궤양s by moving away from the purple swirls on the floor

Players in the stomach gain a 소화 debuff that lasts 40 seconds; if they are still in the stomach when it expires, they will die

To exit the stomach before 소화 wears off, players must run into the center of the stomach

Note that players who die accidentally - not from 죽음의 그림자 - will also be transported into Gorefiend's stomach and will gain the 고어핀드의 타락 debuff. This must be avoided, especially on small raid sizes, as it increases the chance that a player with 고어핀드의 타락 will be targeted by 죽음의 그림자 and instantly killed.

The table below illustrates the known 죽음의 그림자 schedule for raids of up to 29 players:

This table can help determine how many healers are necessary for your group to be able to defeat the boss. The first healer(s) sent to Gorefiend's stomach may not be back before the second healer(s) are sent into the stomach. Raids must bring at least one more healer than the sum of the two healer numbers in the above chart, so that there is at least one healer able to heal the raid during the approximately 5-10 seconds of overlap with the stomach mechanic. In other words, the minimum healer requirements are:

10-player raid: At least 2 healers

11- to 19-player raid: At least 3 healers

20- to 28-player raid: At least 4 healers

29- to 30-player raid: At least 5 healers

Trapped Souls

Enraged SpiritInside Gorefiend there are a number of trapped souls who are trying to escape, mindlessly walking toward the center/exit of the stomach. Each role of player has a specific add type to contend with inside Gorefiend's stomach. The goal is to prevent as many adds from forming as possible, to lower raid damage and allow players to focus more damage onto Gorefiend.

Tanks who are transported into Gorefiend's stomach must pick up, and tank, the 분노한 영혼.

Enraged Spirits will cast 지옥 격노 much like the Gorebound Brute trash mobs

The tank should move away from the Spirit for this cast, or use a cooldown to survive the damage

When the Enraged Spirit reaches 70% health, it will 내려치기 the tank away, gain 피에 굶주린 인내, and move to the exit

This must happen before the tank has to leave the stomach, or else the Enraged Spirit is likely to kill the DPS/healers in the stomach

Tanks should try to maximize their DPS on the Enraged Spirit, but other DPS in the stomach must also help with damage while possible

Kill Shadowy ConstructsDPS who are transported into Gorefiend's stomach must destroy or damage as many 어둠의 피조물s as possible.

The Constructs walk quickly toward the center of Gorefiend's stomach

Constructs are spread out, so cleave and short-range AoE are not useful, but multi-DoTting can be

If a Construct survives to exit Gorefiend's stomach, the Gorebound Construct it creates will have a reduced health total based on how much damage players did to the Shadowy Construct inside the stomach

Even if you can't kill a Construct before leaving the stomach, putting DoTs on it will still help!

The first set of DPS to be sent into Gorefiend's stomach should also help damage the Enraged Spirit when it spawns

Heal Tortured EssencesHealers who are transported into Gorefiend's stomach must heal 고통받는 정수s.

These adds spawn at the edges of the stomach with about 100k health, and walk slowly toward the center/exit

The Tortured Essences are not in the player's party, nor are they visible in the healer's raid frames

Players must target the Essence and attempt to heal it to full in the short time before the Essence exits

The higher health the Essence is when it exits Gorefiend's stomach, the lower health its associated add will have when it spawns outside

Essences that are fully healed will create no add, but even if you can't get an Essence to full health, any healing you can do will help!

Most heals can be used on the Essence, but damage-reduction/absorption abilities do nothing, as the Essences do not take damage, and they are immune to 신의 축복

If any of these souls reaches the center, it will appear in the Maw of Souls as an add that the rest of the raid must deal with.Return to Table of Contents

Unleashed Souls

When the Enraged Spirit leaves Gorefiend's stomach and enters the encounter area, it becomes a 피에 굶주린 영혼.

Gorebound Spirits must be tanked, and will stack 지옥 불길 with each successful melee attack

Tanks should take no more than 10 stacks of 지옥 불길 before swapping duties

The Spirit will attempt to cast 우레와 같은 외침, which increases its damage dealt by 300%; this must be interrupted

The Gorebound Spirit will use 분노의 돌진 to reach its threat target if tanks attempt to kite it

Kite Gorebound Constructs when targeted by Hunger for LifeIf a Shadowy Construct exits Gorefiend's stomach, it will become a 피에 굶주린 피조물.

파멸의 손길 will affect a few random players, and will detonate when the debuff expires, dealing damage to the whole raid based on their distance from the 파멸의 손길 target

This also creates a 파멸의 샘 that deals heavy damage to players standing within it

Targeted players must move out to the edges of the encounter area to create their 파멸의 샘s and help the raid minimize damage from the 파멸의 손길 detonation

Movement-speed increasing effects are useful for ensuring the 파멸의 샘s are placed far away from the raid

Gorefiend will periodically cast 짓이기는 어둠, summoning a spiral-shaped pattern of small shadowy swirls that will detonate a few seconds later, dealing heavy damage to players within 4 yards. Players should move out of the swirls as they are forming. This can be difficult when affected by 연발 정신의 화살, but alert players will have plenty of time.

Finally, Gorefiend uses 쇄도하는 어둠 frequently, causing each player in the raid to erupt, dealing Shadow damage to themselves and all players within 5 yards. The raid must stay spread out more than 5 yards apart in order to avoid splashing this damage. This is not always possible - players running out 파멸의 손길 or collapsing for 이어진 운명 are likely to splash one another - but minimizing this damage is important to allow healers to save their raid CDs for the second phase of the fight.Return to Table of Contents

Phase 2: Feast of Souls

Unstable Souls (bottom left) move towardGorefiend during Feast of SoulsPhase 2 begins when Gorefiend reaches 0 energy and begins to channel 영혼의 향연. During this time, Gorefiend will regenerate energy at a rate of 5 every 3 seconds, taking up to one minute to refill his energy bar completely.

Collapsing an 불안정한 영혼 in this way deals heavy damage to the player blocking it, and splashes moderate damage to players within 10 yards

Tanks can soak 불안정한 영혼s very well; other players should use a defensive ability when soaking an 불안정한 영혼

Healers should use raid cooldowns during this phase

The raid's goal during the 영혼의 향연 phase should be to deal as much damage to Gorefiend as possible. When Gorefiend enters the phase, the raid should stack up for healing, finish off any existing adds, and soak 불안정한 영혼s to prolong the phase as long as possible. Players should save their powerful DPS cooldowns for this phase, which occurs a little over 2 minutes into the fight. Subsequent 영혼의 향연 phases will occur every 3 minutes.

Once Gorefiend reaches 100 energy, he will re-enter Phase 1. This cycle will repeat until players have defeated Gorefiend.Return to Table of Contents

Gorefiend Strategy Summary

During Phase 1, players should be focusing primarily on survival and adds management.

To exit the stomach before 소화 wears off, players must run into the center of the stomach

The raid is likely to deal very little damage to Gorefiend during Phase 1, but in Phase 2, Gorefiend becomes more vulnerable to damage.

Stack in melee range of the boss, so healers can use their efficient ground healing abilities to heal the raid through 영혼의 향연 damage

Quickly finish off any remaining adds, then use 피의 욕망/영웅심/시간 왜곡 and all available DPS CDs on Gorefiend

Tanks and sturdy players should run out of the group to intercept 불안정한 영혼s as they approach the boss

If no 불안정한 영혼s reach Gorefiend, this phase will last one minute, and players will be able to do a significant chunk of damage to the boss

In all phases of this fight, survivability is the most important goal. Use 치유의 명약s and personal survivability cooldowns reflexively. Accidental deaths are likely to cause problems with the 죽음의 그림자 mechanic in Phase 1.Return to Table of Contents

When to use Bloodlust/Heroism/Time Warp

피의 욕망/영웅심/시간 왜곡 should be used during the first 영혼의 향연 mechanic, aligned with the DPS legendary ring effect. This happens approximately 2 minutes into the fight. The boss takes 100% additional damage during this phase. (DPS should also save 3-minute cooldowns for this part of the fight, as they will be back for the second 영혼의 향연 phase.)

When to use Legendary Ring Effects

The DPS legendary ring effect should be used at the start of the fight, then again during each 영혼의 향연 mechanic, while the boss is extra-vulnerable to damage. The first 영혼의 향연 occurs a little over 2 minutes into the encounter; the second will occur a little over 5 minutes into the fight.

The healer legendary ring should also be used as an additional cooldown to heal through the damage during the 영혼의 향연 phase.

The tank legendary ring should be used to mitigate damage from the Gorebound Spirit adds, particularly if they manage to successfully cast 우레와 같은 외침.

Looking For Raid Difficulty

In Looking For Raid difficulty, 파멸의 손길 does not leave a 파멸의 샘 when it expires. Players with 파멸의 손길 should still run out of the raid toward the edges of the platform, to reduce the amount of damage allies take from its detonation.Return to Table of Contents

Heroic Difficulty

Run to the marked target with Shared FateHeroic difficulty introduces an additional mechanic: Approximately every 30 seconds, Gorefiend will affect three players with 이어진 운명.

이어진 운명 links the three players to each other and will root the central player in place

The rooted player is marked with an arrow over their head

The two players who can still move must run to the marked player to free themselves from the chains

이어진 운명 deals moderate DoT damage; players may wish to use a cooldown to survive, especially if there are many adds active

If 이어진 운명 is not cleared within 10 seconds, the linked targets will take very heavy damage

Players must react quickly to the 이어진 운명 mechanic and run to the "anchor" player to clear the debuff. The chains will break when all debuffed players are within 6 yards of the anchor player.

Additionally, if a Gorebound Construct reaches its 생명의 갈망 target, the Construct will detonate, dealing fatal damage not just to its target but to all players within 8 yards.Return to Table of Contents

Mythic Difficulty

Shadow of Death - Mythic

Time

Player Role

# debuffed

0:03

DPS

2

0:09

Tank

1

0:21

Healer

2

0:30

DPS

2

0:57

DPS

2

1:06

Healer

2

1:09

Tank

1

1:24

DPS

2

On Mythic difficulty, when a player's 죽음의 그림자 debuff expires, they leave behind a fragment of 타락한 영혼. The Corrupted Soul fragment shares the player's model and name, but with a ghostly appearance, and spawns in the location the player was standing when the 죽음의 그림자 debuff ran out.

The Corrupted Soul fragment must be killed in order to allow the player to exit Gorefiend's stomach; players can no longer leave of their own volition

A Corrupted Soul fragment has around 1 million health

The fragment will cast 저항, a 35-second channel; if this cast completes, the player inside Gorefiend's stomach will be 소화ed

The fragments should be killed in a controlled manner, as close to the end of the 저항 channel as possible, to give players inside Gorefiend's stomach enough time to carry out their duties

This duty is best carried out by ranged DPS, though melee DPS may need to assist on nearby fragments (particularly for the tank)

The positioning of the Corrupted Soul fragments can be controlled by having players with the debuff run to specific locations (e.g. world raid markers). This will allow your DPS to cleave the fragments down evenly until they are low on health, so the fragments can be easily and quickly killed when the players inside the stomach are ready to exit.

Kill a player's Corrupted Soul to free themfrom Gorefiend's stomachAfter a player successfully exits Gorefiend's stomach, their 고어핀드의 타락 debuff will have a 15-minute duration. If a player dies - either through accident or by being targeted again with 죽음의 그림자 - while affected by this debuff, they are not transported to Gorefiend's stomach, but are simply killed.

고어핀드의 타락 can only be removed by colliding with an 불안정한 영혼 during the 영혼의 향연 phase. Players afflicted by 고어핀드의 타락must be sure to clear this debuff so that they are not outright killed by 죽음의 그림자. It is not viable to have a tank, or a player with strong survivability cooldowns, collapse all of the 불안정한 영혼s during the 영혼의 향연 phase.

As shown in the table above, tanks will be sent into Gorefiend's stomach twice per phase instead of only once. This means the raid must kill two Gorebound Spirits, and must kill the first Gorebound Spirit before the second tank is sent into the stomach. This gives the raid around 30 seconds to kill the first Gorebound Spirit. It remains the highest-priority add target.

Finally, in Mythic difficulty, 이어진 운명 will affect a total of 4 players each time, instead of 3. This poses no additional strategy constraints, but requires the raid to be more vigilant than on Normal/Heroic difficulty.

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orca1375x의 댓글

Here we go again too mamy mechanics....too many phases. Mages cannot move and dps..unless you change it where we can..so mages will be kicked out of raids because were moving to much and our dps suffers

yzq85의 댓글

Mechanics-wise, this fight brings to mind the Norushen/Amalgam of Corruption fight back in patch 5.4 (people being sent away to do role-specific tasks of killing/healing adds). And indeed, raid members doing their job properly while in the stomach will mean an easier time for the DPS outside when the adds manifest.

Hexyae의 댓글

He is hungry just accept the mouth eating you until you have to get out before it dissolves you.

Ugm81의 댓글

Captain obvious:In case you wonder how to exit stomach before Digest happens - just run to the center and you're out :)

Sansasyon의 댓글

A comprehensive guide, thank you.

Lightbrand의 댓글

If your raid is wiping and you're in the stomach, don't come out.

You're welcome on the repair bill.

PvtHaggard의 댓글

Most heals can be used on the Essence, but damage-reduction/absorption abilities do nothing, as the Essences do not take damage, and they are immune to Lay on Hands

That is not true.. as far as i know it works in LFR and normal.

NinjaLooterLoveU의 댓글

What if you were in his shoes? How would you feel? You wake up one day, and there is all this fat shaming all over the Internet. Gorefiend is not fat! He is just big boned. You've been eating thousands of souls every day for hundreds of years and no one ever said anything. So, just today it's wrong to be a couple hundred pounds over weight and teeth poking out of your stomach area. It's just not fair what you are doing to him. It's wrong.